Sr. Finance Manager, FP&A

About the position

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams are important to our business and functional teams to make educated, sound decisions that drive our Mission and make us a stable and trusted industry leader. From Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Audit, Investor Relations, Strategy & Corporate Development to Accounting, our Finance functions have a diverse and global presence, providing significant opportunities to develop outstanding career experiences and perspectives. Ranked #95 on the 2021 Fortune 500 list and with revenues of more than $40 billion, you’ll discover endless opportunities to grow a rewarding career as part of the world leader serving science. The Senior Manager FP&A leads the financial planning and analysis activities for Environmental and Process Monitoring (EPM), a $0.3B business unit within the Chemicals Analysis Division (CAD). This role will partner with the EPM BU leadership team to develop and implement strategies to drive profitable growth. The role will require planning, analyzing, forecasting, budgeting, and business intelligence activities in support of the business unit’s goals and objectives.

Responsibilities

• Support the BU leadership team to set and deliver quarterly, annual, and long-range business goals
• Lead core operating mechanisms, including QBR/MBRs, AOP, STRAP and forecasts in collaboration with BU leadership team and Division counterparts
• Build calendars with key delivery due dates and reviews meetings to drive adherence to timelines
• Lead the submission of forecasts and AOP in Thermo Fisher financial planning systems
• Identify and complete prioritization / trade-offs for business risks and mitigating opportunities to deliver EPM’s growth, earnings, CapEx, and working capital targets
• Set example for continuous operational improvement and drive efficiency across the business and functions
• Identify improvement opportunities to automate, enhance, and build analysis
• Accelerate decision making through development and utilizing of visualization tools
• Thought partner to leadership and act as change agent to drive profitable growth
• Manage and coach 1 direct report
• Safeguard company assets and champion / promote effective and efficient internal control environment while ensuring compliance with local GAAP, US GAAP, regulatory requirements, and corporate policies
• Perform special projects and ad-hoc financial reporting as required

Requirements

• An undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting is required
• Minimum of 7+ years of progressively responsible finance and business experience, including leading and building impactful teams
• Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate in a matrix working environment
• Proven ability to balance multiple assignments, exercise good judgment, and prioritize time effectively while achieving results
• Financially savvy, deep familiarity with concepts of forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, as well as root cause data interpretation
• Excellent skills with MS Excel and forecast / ERP systems (CMR, HFM)
• Building financial models, and calculating return on investment to support strategic investment opportunities
• Ability to handle large sets of data and creating accurate reports with responsibility for the quality and integrity of deliverables
• Capable of understanding and proactively sharing the financial implications of business decisions and dynamics
• Effective spoken and written communication skills to collaborate with finance and non-finance partners

Benefits

• 401k
• health_insurance
• dental_insurance
• vision_insurance
• life_insurance
• disability_insurance
• paid_holidays
• tuition_reimbursement
• employee_discount_programs
• professional_development